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Confronting the Climate: British Airs and the Making of Environmental Medicine

By Vladimir Janković (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan US
Year
2010
ISBN
978-1-349-28934-9, 978-0-230-11346-6
DOI
10.1057/9780230113466
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5221693 bytes)
Series
Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
Edition
1
Pages
X, 229\232
Time added
2016-11-20 09:00:00
general;Popular Sciencegeneral;Social History;History of MedicineHistory of Britain and Ireland;Cultural History;En

Description

This book explores the social origins of the Western preoccupation with health and environmental hazards. It looks at the rise of the dichotomy between the vulnerable 'in' and the threatening 'out' by examining the pathologies associated with weather, domestic space, ventilation, clothing, and travel in Britain at the turn of the 19th century.

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